Legal Opinion
Ayers v. Allain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1990No. 88-4103PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the racial identity of institutions of public higher education in the State of Mississippi. Ayers v. Allain, 674 F.Supp. 1523 (N.D.Miss.1987) (Ayers *678I). A panel of this Court reversed and remanded, Ayers v. Allain, 893 F.2d 732 (5th Cir.1990) (Ayers II), and rehearing en banc was granted, Ayers v. Allain, 898 F.2d 1014 (5th Cir.1990). Finding that the record makes clear that Mississippi has adopted and implemented race neutral policies for operating its colleges and universities and that all students have real…
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- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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